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Thanksgiving Recipes

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A roundup of my best Thanksgiving recipes from homemade bread and side dishes to turkey and desserts. Make your Thanksgiving more delicious this year!

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Best Thanksgiving Recipes for the most delicious turkey day yet!

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I thought I’d compile all my favorite Thanksgiving recipes that I’ve posted to help you finalize your menu! Whether you’re hosting or not, whether your celebration is big and traditional or small and unique, I think you’ll find something here your family will love! I hope you all have a fabulous Thanksgiving full of amazing food, great company, and lots of gratitude for all that’s good. Happy turkey day!

What are you serving this year?

Bread

Pumpkin Bread Rolls with Cinnamon Butter - everyone wanted this recipe!Pumpkin Bread Rolls with Cinnamon Butter

Ultimate Dinner RollsUltimate Dinner Rolls

The BEST BREAD I've ever eaten!! So cheesy, buttery, and flavorful!! Crowd pleasing recipe.Cheesy Garlic Crack Bread

Vegan Butter Rolls - you won't miss the butter or dairy at all!! No one will know it's vegan!Vegan Butter Rolls

Cheese Stuffed Garlic Rolls - I can't even deal with how good these are.Cheese Stuffed Garlic Rolls

Homemade Hawaiian Bread Rolls - perfect copycat recipe!!Homemade Hawaiian Bread Rolls

Cheesy Garlic Biscuit 2Homemade Cheesy Garlic Biscuits

YUM OVERLOAD! Carb lover's dream!Cheddar Potato Rolls

Texas Roadhouse Bread Rolls with Cinnamon Butter from Handletheheat.comTexas Roadhouse Rolls

These are the BEST and surprisingly easy!!How to Make Crescent Rolls

Scratch-made no-knead crusty bread rolls take just 5 minutes to prep and taste just as good as any bakery or restaurant-quality bread! Can be made ahead too!How to Make Crusty Bread Rolls

Side Dishes

Cheesy Green Bean Casserole with Bacon - this will be a HIT on your Thanksgiving table!!Cheesy Green Bean Casserole with Bacon

YUM! This stuffing is bursting with southwestern flavors! Such a fun twist on the Thanksgiving classic.Southwest Cornbread Chorizo Stuffing with Avocado

Crowd-Pleasing Sweet Potato CasseroleCrowd Pleasing Sweet Potato Casserole

Prosciutto and Parmesan Stuffed Mushrooms from Handle the HeatProsciutto and Parmesan Stuffed Mushrooms

Spinach PuffsSpinach Puffs (great vegetarian option!)

Hasselback Potatoes with Sage 1Hasselback Potatoes with Prosciutto and Sage

Apple & Sausage StuffingApple & Sausage Stuffing

Turkey

How to Brine a Thanksgiving Turkey for ultra juicy and tender meat!How to Brine a Thanksgiving Turkey

Slow Cooker Turkey Breast - so tender and juicy!Slow Cooker Turkey Breast (with easy gravy)

Dessert

Video: How to Make Pie Dough by hand or with a food processorHow to Make Pie Dough (video)

How to Make Apple Roses with this simple recipe for beautiful and gourmet individual apple pastries. Can be made ahead of time and perfect for Thanksgiving!How to Make Apple Roses

Caramel Apple Streusel Pie - the ultiamte apple pie! From handletheheat.comCaramel Apple Streusel Pie

Maybe one of the best pies I've EVER made. It was gone in 10 minutes! Plus no raw eggs.Chocolate Caramel French Silk Pie

Creme Brule Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake Bars - we could not stop eating these!!Creme Brule Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake Bars

Chocolate Pecan PieChocolate Pecan Pie

One of the easiest pies ever! This no-bake Frozen Pumpkin Pie is the perfect fall recipe for mild weather, or for when there's no more room in the oven!Frozen Pumpkin Pie

Sweet Potato Pie Bars with a thick graham cracker crust, fresh sweet potato filling, and tall toasted homemade marshmallow topping. Perfect fall treat!Sweet Potato Pie Bars

Salted Caramel Apple Pie Pizza Cookie - obsessed!Salted Caramel Apple Pie Pizza Cookie

Leftovers

Perfect way to use leftover Thanksgiving turkey! Just 30 minutes and SO rich and satisfying. Warms the soul!Turkey Pot Pie Soup

Natie Bomb SandwichNatie Bomb Turkey Sandwich

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andrea todriff
andrea todriff
7 years ago

Everything looks so yummy! I love that they are just a bit unusual than traditional Thanksgiving dishes. Thank you!

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Gaby
Gaby
9 years ago

Great roundup, lots of these recipes are on my Thanksgiving wish list!!!

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Tonnie
Tonnie
9 years ago

Love all the bread rolls …and the pie crust!

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Pam L.
Pam L.
9 years ago

All of your photos look GREAT! (Love the cute pumpkin ‘tops’! Very creative!) Hope you don’t mind – I copied one of your recipes to put on my blog (giving you credit, of course!) Your recipes all look so YUMMY! Thanks for sharing!

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Laura
Laura
9 years ago

This was a wonderful surprise in my mail box this morning! Thank you!!

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Tessa Arias
Tessa Arias
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Reply to  Laura
9 years ago

I’m so happy you thought so! Have a fantastic Thanksgiving 🙂

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Liz S.
Liz S.
9 years ago

INCREDIBLE recipe round-up!

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Tessa Arias
Tessa Arias
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Reply to  Liz S.
9 years ago

Thank you!!

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I share trusted baking recipes your friends will LOVE alongside insights into the science of sweets. I’m a professionally trained chef, cookbook author, and cookie queen. I love to write about all things sweet, carb-y, and homemade. I live in Phoenix, Arizona (hence the blog name!).

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